QOS - Quality of Service

i'm not happy with the qos-features of the wtr54gs with HyperWRT 2.02b installed. I set up a qos linux router with htb, iptables and wondershaper as basis-script a few months ago. It's pretty hard to write the config so that it does what u want - i'm just over n00b-level on linux .

i'm a gamer and excessive p2p user - so i always need a good ping, that was my goal - even when downloading @ full-speed (~3 mbit at the moment).

now i looked for a new router on ebay (germany) - i found a router that supports qos and 54mbit wlan - the wrt54gs (special edition) - this guy announced it to be the best on the world - it's an 54gs with hyperwrt installed IMHO.

after installing the new firmware i saw the small qos iface - i'm missing the following parts:
- download-speed!? it always mattered in my scripts
- more levels of traffic - 3 till 5 should be enough (fast/normal/trash/p2p)
- speed-limiting for ports/ips/macs/wlan
- marking of icmp-packages - "ping" has to be fast

i think wondershaper could be a good base for this, but it has to be extended.

with my setup i was able to download from an http-source with ~320 kbs AND i had a ping of 25 - with ping and my high-port-applications.
but the p2p-programs always killed the ping - i think i didn't get the right icmp-packs which establish connections

by the way i really respect your work! - its the first interface on qos i ever saw. - this router with uncompromising qos would realy rock! -> VoIP

Hi there, I have using HyperWRT for a long time until I start to look this services. Well, HyperWRT until now don't offer a good support on QOS.

One that offer better support is sveasoft firmwares, like satori (free) and alchemy (free for subscriters).

Now I am using satori and I am satisfied with QOS of it, download and play with a little ping affect. But don't have levels of traffic. Alchemy have this, but you need to be subscriter to have it, until it becomes free (some one said it should be in December).

Alchemy does a great job of keeping p2p traffic in check.. I have 3 bittorent users on my network and I have seen my connection sit at full many times but with QOS everyone can still browse and do almost anything without a timeout or any problems.

Alchemy also has an SNMP service so with the right tools you can monitor your live bandwidth use right at the router.

Oh, does Satori, not have SNMP support? I was under the impression that it did. Well, I was about to install Satori, but I guess I'll wait for Alchemy in a few weeks? I don't really need all the other fancy features....I just want SNMP bandwidth monitoring more than anything. Though...I can see how QOS may be useful to make sure I am able to, for example, remote desktop in to work whenever I want without having to stop other big downloads that may be in progress, etc..

Oh, does Satori, not have SNMP support? I was under the impression that it did. Well, I was about to install Satori, but I guess I'll wait for Alchemy in a few weeks? I don't really need all the other fancy features....I just want SNMP bandwidth monitoring more than anything. Though...I can see how QOS may be useful to make sure I am able to, for example, remote desktop in to work whenever I want without having to stop other big downloads that may be in progress, etc..

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Satori doesn't, Alchemy will.

Linksys will probably too (as there is a lot of SNMP code in the firmware).

Yes if you telnet into the router you can use the tc command to change the QoS settings. Also check out the file called qdisc<something> in the /tmp directory for some examples. I think this file contians the commands used to configure the QoS settings.